Duchin Productions | Beverly, MA

Pro bono video for the Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:06:41 +0000

We’re proud to be involved with numerous charities and non-profits. Duchin Production’s owner Jay Duchin, is even a Trustee at the Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf. A small part of his commitment is to create fundraising videos to keep the school going. We recorded this in the family’s home and used a [...]

Immunizations Required for Video Production Personnel

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:05:34 +0000

We often have to shoot inside operating rooms that can expose us to bloodborne pathogens and an array of other concerns. Many hospitals and medical organizations are now requiring all video production personnel have proof of immunization for insurance and general protection purposes. Below is a current list required by one of our clients: Tdap (Diphtheria, [...]

Challenges of video recording in Anechoic chambers

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:36:05 +0000

It’s no secret that we love science and technology. On this particular day, we knew we’d be shooting some RFID technology but we didn’t know we’d have to shoot inside an Anechoic chamber. We’ll skip the details on what the room is and just tell you it’s really, really, really quiet inside. This particular room [...]

The glamour of shooting in exotic international locations

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:22:50 +0000

This is often the reality of our travel to far away places. We got the call to go to Morocco and shoot segments for a reporter covering the launch of a new Land Rover. We were only staying two days but we were excited to explore this mysterious destination. Our client flew us out first [...]

Shooting hand held video

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:14:16 +0000

The camera is as heavy as it looks. When you start to add on batteries, microphones, wireless receivers and other pieces, things quickly start to get heavy. For this particular project, going handheld was our only option for getting the shot. One of our biggest tricks in getting smooth, sharp handheld footage is to use [...]

Video recording in stores

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:06:16 +0000

There are huge advantages to some of our shoots. Besides working with great people on this training video, we were also able to do a bit of food shopping afterwards. This particular food store remained open during our time there but we wanted to avoid getting customers in the shots. One trick is to raise [...]

Traveling with video equipment

admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:57:28 +0000

Going on remote locations around the world often isn’t a glamorous as many people think. It takes more time to get through security lines and the really expensive pieces like cameras should all be hand carried. Sometimes we’re able to take smaller cameras but it’s now always feasible. On this particular trip, the camera fit [...]

Making people comfortable

admin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:55:17 +0000

This particular shoot was about a companies 10 year anniversary. There were some items we wanted to show in the background which meant setting the camera at a very specific height. This meant we had to put our interviewee on a tall stool to get them at just the right height. We gave our person [...]

Shoots are fun

admin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:24:22 +0000

Of course there can be a bit of waiting around. How it looked through the camera.

Stand ins

admin — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:32:48 +0000

Getting people to stand in for framing and lighting it critical to setting up your shots. Here’s Kerry Whalen, our go-to Teleprompter owner/operator being patient as we do some last minute tweaks.